I got confused while watching the video, not sure if it was a recruitment video for law enforcement or park rangers? They also forgot to mention the trigger happy ghost in one of our most famous parks.
I was actually laughing while listening to Greg and Mike, because you could tell they cooked this up off air.
Last week, Sioux Falls city councilor, Stehly was on B-N-B’s show talking about how the city used a consultant with a special van to rate our streets. For some reason or on purpose, Greg misunderstood Stehly thinking she was opposed to the consultant, and that wasn’t the point she was trying to make, she was against what Mark Cotter, head of Public Works was doing with that valuable information.
They essentially are going to let the really bad streets get worse and concentrate more on overlays, when Stehly believes we should concentrate more money on fixing the really bad streets.
B-N-B thought Stehly was trying to discredit Cotter and the consultant when it came to the evaluation, not at all. She simply was disagreeing with HIS decision to NOT fix the really bad roads. But Greg seemed to still have a burr up his ass about it this week and couldn’t resist to share (his side) of the story with the mayor, who simply chimed in (without even listening to what Stehly said).
I really laughed when MMM boldly said he was NOT going to let a councilor get away with saying these kind of things.
Oh, Mike, you are such a bad ass! Now go help Greg pack before the big auction.
Our mayor decided to drop the mic today and deliver his last state of the city. He couldn’t resist to tell us about his NEW BFF, councilor Erickson (Yes, Thank You Christine for paving the way for Diamond Jim as mayor 
There were 40 slides in his manifesto, carefully tearing headlines from America’s top ratings firms that no one has heard of until we made their lists (Full DOC: state-of-city-2017).
Yes, I sat through it, holding back my bile.
What was ironic about the presentation was that Mike was going to fix all the things he essentially broke. And the best part, he needs your help to fix those things.
Let’s start with his obsession with annexation islands;
Unlike the finely trimmed grey beard of Kenny, Mr. Huether created this problem by extending the borders of Sioux Falls so his fine developer friends could get in on all the yummy infrastructure upgrades. You might say MMM is the Andy Gibb of annexation islands.
Oh, but the fun doesn’t stop, he wants to raise fees on all us working stiffs to pay for all the play palaces he built on our credit card.
If you ain’t poor now, you are gonna be.
Speaking of dying poor peeps, we all have to have priorities in this dying economy.
Yeah, after your older brother broke your piggy bank and took all your savings, you just need to buck up!
Which leaves us to what ultimately will happen;
He forgot to mention that a low-wage community doesn’t spend a lot of money.
BOOMTOWN!
And this guy wants to run for higher office?! LMFAO!
Looks like the Sioux Falls City Council is getting a little kickback;
A group of neighbors are taking a stand against a controversial rezoning project that would build an apartment complex near their homes on the south side of Sioux Falls.
The proposed complex would be near 88th St. and Brett Ave., Which is just west of Louise Ave.
Earlier this month, city council members passed the rezoning proposal with a 7-1 vote (Stehly was the dissenting vote). That didn’t sit well with some people living in the surrounding neighborhood.
This was a tough one. I understood both sides of the coin. I understood how the 7 could support it, but I also understood Stehly’s position. I probably would have voted with the 7, but I would have asked for an amendment first for a larger buffer.
Homeowners don’t want the extra traffic to the area. They also don’t want the abrupt transition from their single-family houses to a multi-family affordable housing unit to affect property values.
I’m all for affordable housing, but their needs to be a decent transition. I think that is all the homeowners are asking for. Hopefully they get it with the re-vote.
There is also the precedent this may present;
Another big concern is for others homeowners in the city. If city officials allow the apartments to be built near their homes, neighbors worry they’ll be able to construct them anywhere.
“Whether they moved next to agricultural land or if they’re building in a new development, you never know. There’s not going to be really any restrictions,” Schauer said.
Well, that has been going on for awhile, maybe this petition will help put brakes on it.
I knew we would have an apartment building explosion after the housing market went to crap. It also doesn’t help we live in such a low wage city. Is Sioux Falls on it’s way to being a giant apartment complex?
UPDATE:
The sculpture, known as In Variete Concordia (origami cranes) is secure and in the city possession. Â There is currently a plan to place these sculptures at the Orpheum Theatre. As you can see though from reading the minutes that it seems all that remains is the Birds. The frames must have gotten damaged.
This plan was considered at the 2-1-2017 Orpheum Theatre Advisory Board of Directors meeting. Â The minutes of that meetings are available here: (DOC:Â 02-01-17-orpheum-mins-1)
It seems like the Statue of David, once a piece of public art is moved for construction projects it will take several years and some needling to get the city to pull it out of storage. I believe the city paid over $30K for the original sculpture. It was placed in storage after Stockwell Engineers bought the land to build their ugly rectangle building on Falls Park Drive. While I may be indifferent on my opinion of the piece, I do like it’s uniqueness and could fit in well within any park in Sioux Falls or public space.
My suggestion would be to place it in the refurbished Van Eps park on the East border facing West. Speaking of Van Eps, drive by sometime. It looks like the city had NO CHOICE in refurbishing Van Eps since the construction of the UNNEEDED and GROSSLY EXPENSIVE Romantix Annex Administration Building, they are using the park for a place to store piles of dirt.
Either way, curious just what are the plans for the Sculpture.
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